Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd November, 2014) Eleonora Bechis does not hold Nigel Farage in high regard. She calls him ‘a misogynist, homophobe and xenophobe,’ adding that […]
Europe / European Union / Immigration / Policy / Politics
Britain’s refusal to save migrants is an act of inhumanity
Published by The Guardian (29th October 2014) Last year a wealthy couple called Regina and Christopher Catrambone were cruising the Mediterranean when they saw a jacket float past […]
Europe / European Union / Politics / Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine and the shame of Europe
Published by The Wall Street Journal (22nd May, 2014) There are flickers of hope that calm can descend again on Eastern Europe. We are told that those threatening […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
David Cameron’s right-wing problem
Published by The Wall Street Journal (7th May 2014) Shortly after David Cameron became leader of the Conservatives in Britain, a caller to a radio show asked him about a […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
Europe’s response to Ukraine has been a betrayal
Published by The Guardian (3rd May, 2014) Two weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed men in military uniforms entered a police station […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
Crimea’s sham vote – and a very uneasy truce
Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2014) Russia and Ukraine have agreed a truce until Friday as the contested Crimea region voted in a sham referendum that […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
You have rid us of a cancer – freed Tymoshenko tells huge crowd
Published in The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2014) Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was greeted by thousands of opposition supporters last night as she made a […]
Africa / Aid / Europe / European Union
How does Europe look to an African?
Published in The Independent (February 17th, 2014) The other day I was chatting to an African friend when he asked a question that took me by surprise. “Is […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The diplomat the world ignores
Published in Standpoint (September 25th, 2013) It was like an assignation in a spy thriller. A helicopter picked up the middle-aged woman in the early hours and flew […]
Europe / European Union / Greece
Orphans of the Greek meltdown
Published in The Mail on Sunday (June 23rd, 2013) Laughing children play in a pine-scented courtyard on a warm summer’s evening. Excitement rises to fever pitch as a creamy […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The real meaning of the PM’s speech on Europe
Published on ConservativeHome (January 23rd, 2013) This is my annotated take on David Cameron’s keynote speech on Europe, given after much delay at Bloomberg. My notes are in […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Sensible rebellion on Europe, for all the wrong reasons
Published in The Financial Times (November 2, 2012) From the start of his leadership, David Cameron urged his party to stop banging on about Europe. It alienated voters, he […]